American Deposit

Past Producer in Grant county in New Mexico, United States with commodities Fluorine-Fluorite, Gold
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Mineral rights holdings
  13. Land status
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10150280
MRDS ID d009960
MAS/MILS ID 0350170049
Record type Site
Current site name American Deposit

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -108.37982, 32.38952 (WGS84)
Elevation 1621
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Grant(county)

New Mexico(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

C Bar Ranch(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Lordsburg(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Silver City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Animas Valley(hydrologic unit)

Upper Gila(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Gila(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

ST(Federal land areas administered by ST)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States New Mexico Grant

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 022 S 015 W 15 SENWSW New Mexico

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Fluorine-Fluorite Critical Tertiary
Gold Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Barite Unknown
Calcite Unknown
Fluorite Unknown
Gold Unknown
Quartz Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -108.37982, 32.38952

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N10W
    Dip 65S
    Thickness 5M
    Length 200M
    Width 30M
    Area 20HA
    Depth to top 0M
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 BRECCIA FILL
    Shape of Orebody #1 LENTICULAR
    Type of Orebody #2 FISSURE VEIN
    Shape of Orebody #2 IRREGULAR
    Type of Orebody #3 SHEAR ZONE
    Shape of Orebody #3 TABULAR
    Primary mode of Origin HYDROTHERMAL
    Primary Ore Control FRACTURING
    Secondary Ore Control FOLDING
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. SLIGHT
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 SILICIFICATION
    Strike And Dip N10W:65S
    Minimum Depth to Top 0
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Min. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Total Surface Area (HA) 20
    Date of Last Modification 780213

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Significant No
Year of first production 1930

Mining district

District name Malone District

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category State

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DEPOSIT HAS BEEN WORKED FOR GOLD & FLUORSPAR.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 27-FEB-1984 Mcanulty U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

External references